The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-01-27
AN AIR LINE.
The News Prediction of Saturday
Evening Verified,
And the Missouri, Kansas & South
western Coming.
Full Text Of the Proposition as Made
to Lyon County,
Which is Unanimously Endorsed by
Saturdays Mass Meeting.
Our Synopsis on Saturday Covered
the Material Points.
Let Every Citizen Read it Carefully
and Reflect Over 1t.

an0 hSnecI over IL
Pursuant to public notice, one of tn
largest meetings ever held in the cour
hou . assembledu Saturday evn g to hea
the report Of the joint committee of tn
citizens and board of trade on the prop
osition submitted by the Missouri, Kan
sas & Southwestern railroad company
The meeting was called to order by T
G. Whitley, who nominated Charlie.
Fletcher for chairman, to which posi-
tion he was unanimously chosen. A
o. Wharton was in like manner cho
sen secretary. w. L. Soden, as chair
man, in behalf of the joint committee
reported to the meeting the proposition
as agreed upon by the committee anC
the representatives of the railroad com
pany, recommending it's adoption. Or
motion the recommendation was unan
imously adopted.
The chair then introduced Mr.. L
Conkling, the representative of the rail
road company, who made an eloquent
stirring speech, in which he explained
the principal points of the proposition
briefly referring to the gentlemen who
compose the company. Judge Buck
Maj. Hood, Col. Cross, Gov. Eskridge
J. NJ. McCown, w. T. Soden and L.
Severy made short speeches, all favor.
ing the proposition. On motion
the chair appointed com
mittee of five to take charge
of the work of circulating the petitions
for signatures throughout the county.
The committee consists of T. G. Wib-
ley, j. NJ. McCown, F. S. Domm, ]. A.
Young and j. D. Holden.
j. T. Burton moved that the thanks
of the meeting be rendered to the joint
committee for the time and labor it had
given to the preparation of the PROPOSE.
ton. Carried.
The meeting then adjourned after
which some three or four hundred citi-
zens signed the petitions asking the
county commissioners to submit the
proposition to vote of the people. The
following is the petition which embraces
the terms of the proposition:
PETITION.
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners of the County of
Lyon, in the State of Kansas:
We, the undersigned, your petition
ers, each being a resident taxpayer of
the county of Lyon, in the State of
Kansas, respectfully petition your hon
orable body to submit to the qualified
electors of said Lyon county, for their
acceptance or rejection, at special
election to be ordered by your honor
able body, under and in pursuance of
the laws of the state of Kansas, and
the act entitled IAN act to enable coun-
ties, townships and cities to aid in the
construction of railroads, and to repeal
section eight, of chapter thirty-nine, OF
the laws of 1874" approved February
26, 1876, and the amendments thereto
the following proposition, with the
terms and conditions herein specified
to-wit:
Shall the said county of Lyon, in the
state of Kansas, subscribe for fifteen
hundred Il 500 shares of one hundred
dollars each, of the capital stock of the
Missouri, Kansas & Southwestern rail
way company, and in payment thereof
issue to said railway company one hun
bred and fifty of the bonds of said
Lyon county of the denomination OF
one Thousand dollars each, or so many
thereof mot exceeding said number) as
shall amount to not exceeding three
Thousand dollars per mile for each mile
of railway constructed in said county
by said railway company; said bonds tC
be payable to the bearer at the fisca
agency of the state of Kansas, in New
York City, twenty years after the date
thereof, bearing interest at the rate OF
six per cent. per annum, interest pay
able semi-annually, for which Interest
coupons shall be attached, payable a
the fiscal agency aforesaid, said bonds
redeemable at the option of said county
I0years after date thereof; this subScrip
ton Of stock and issue of bonds being
upon the following conditions, namely
AS soon as said propositions shall b'
determined in the affirmative, by a can
vass of the votes cast at such election
the board of COUNTY commissioners o
said county of Lyon for and on behal
of said county shall order the count,
shall make, said subscription in tn,
name of said county for said fifteel
hundred Il 500 shares of the capita
stock of said railway company.
And when the railroad of said rail
way company shall be built and com
pleted, and shall be in operation, unde
lease or otherwise, as a continuous lin
from Kansas City, Missouri, to the ives
boundary line of the corporate limits O
the city of Emporia, then fifty of salt
one thousand dollar bonds of said count,
or so many thereof not exceeding sal
number as shall equal the sun
of three thousand dollars De
mile of the main line of sal,
railroad so completed and in operation
as aforesaid, from the east boundar
line of said Lyon county to the ives
boundary line of the corporate limits O
said city of Emporia shall be duly is
sued anI delivered to said railway CON
pany on delivery or tender to the couI
ty treasurer of said county of certif
cate for so many shares of the full pal
capital stock of said railway compan
as shall equal dollar for dollar til
amount of the bonds of said couI
ty delivered as aforesaid. An
when said railroad is complete
and in operation with regular traiI
running thereon under lease or othe
wise from the west boundary line of IL
corporate limits of said city of Empori
to the west boundary line of said Live
county, then thirty of said one thou
and dollar bonds of said Lyon count
or SO many thereof not exceeding ii
sum of three thousand dollars per mi
OF the main track or line so complete
and in operation as aforesaid from sa
WooO DOuuOkaIy llI1o VI luo corporate III
its of the city of Emporia to t
west line of said county, shall
duly issued and delivered to said IA
way company on delivery or tender
the county treasurer of said county.
a certificate for so many shares of I
full paid capital stock of said "a
way company as shall equal dollar
dollar the amount of the bonds of 81
county delivered as aforesaid.
And when said railroad is complet
and in operation with regular trai
running thereon under lease or 9th
wise from said city of Emporia to I
north boundary line of said couI
then seventy of said one thousa